simon gillespie: building a fair and sustainable care system
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Simon Gillespie, Chair at the Care & Support Alliance, discusses why social care needs to be reformed and gives an overview of the care and support White Paper and the key recommendations identified by the Dilnot Commission.TRANSCRIPT
Building a fair and sustainable care system
Simon GillespieChief Executive, MS Society
Chair, Care and Support Alliance
• To enable more people to fully participate in work and our society
• Demand for social care is exceeding our ability to meet people’s needs
• The costs will become greater if we don’t act now
Reasons for social care reform
Aims of Care and Support Alliance
• Fair and equitable access to high quality care and support
• Care and support that is based on needs of individuals
How to build a fair and sustainable care system
• Seek improvements in social care delivery
• Ensure that there is a clear legal framework for social care
• Work to resolve longer-term funding issues for social care
Key recommendations identified by
Dilnot Commission• A “zero cap” on an individual’s
contribution to lifetime care costs for disabled adults aged 18-40, incrementally rising to £35,000 by aged 65
• An annual limit of £7,000 on an individual’s contributions to living costs in residential care
Key recommendations identified by
Dilnot Commission• Raising the savings threshold to £100,000 • A national system of eligibility and
assessment
• Expanding preventative support for people with lesser needs
• Also must be accompanied by increased baseline spending on social care
Key principles for social care reform
• Freedom
• Fairness
• Responsibility
Response of community and voluntary sector
• Total package: Reform of social care into a modern system, new legislation, plus Dilnot and additional baseline funding
• Dilnot represents step change in state contribution and what people contribute themselves - Partnership
• Reform of whole system offers opportunities for new service development
Response of voluntary and community sector
• Law reform could help to drive development of more personalised and creative services
• Some challenges for voluntary and community sector delivering personalisation i.e. fragmentation
• Sustainable funding solution needed for more sustainable commissioning and delivery
White Paper:‘Caring for our future:
reforming care and support’
• Draft bill: an historic moment for change
• Lack of clarity on proposals
• Proposals undermined by lack of commitment to funding
White Paper:‘Caring for our future:
reforming care and support’
• Information and advice• Eligibility• Portability• Personalised care and support
White Paper:‘Caring for our future:
reforming care and support’
• Quality• Carers• Integration• Funding
Contacts
• www.careandsupportalliance.org
• Secretariat with Carers UK contact: [email protected]
• Chair: Simon Gillespie, Chief Executive MS Society – [email protected]